Samsung has another feather in its cap taking the crown for the most mobile web use, according to Statcounter.

A year ago Nokia led globally in terms of internet usage but the Korean manufacturer now accounts for more than a quarter of all mobile web browsing, with its 25.47 per cent just ahead of Apple’s 25.09 per cent. Nokia has just under 22 per cent. Apple still rules in the US falling fast in the developed world. Statcounter also claims that in May 2012 Chrome became the browser leader in terms of internet usage worldwide, but has now overtaken Internet Explorer for the first time in the United States. In June Chrome took the number one spot in the US at 34.02 per cent. IE declined to 32.46 per cent from 40.89 per cent.

The rise of both Chrome and Samsung is in large part attributable to Google, whose Android operating system powers the majority of the smartphones now bought globally. In the UK, figures from Kantar Worldpanel indicate that 30 per cent of all phone sales are Apple, compared to 57 per cent for Android. Despite the claim that the PC is deader than Princess Di, the vast majority of web traffic still comes from PCs. Mobile traffic is up. Globally, it increased from 11.09 per cent to 16.08 per cent, although more mature markets such as the UK saw a more modest rise.

The latest generation of internet provision was rolled out this year, featuring mobile ultra-broadband internet access resulting in a dramatic improvement in terms of speed.

As expected, Asus has announced its innovative Qube Google TV device that already showed up in a bunch of leaks and an FCC filing.

Unfortunately, Asus will not host a press event for the Qube at CES 2013, but the company has released a brief press release taunting Qube's unique "Qube interface" which apparently displays functions by rotating on-screen cube shape, like we did not see that coming. This, of course, has not stopped those that were curious enough, so Anandtech managed to score a hands-on as well as some details and specs. The Marvell Armada 1500 platform is the heart of the Qube, two HDMI ports are on board, as well as Ethernet, WiFi and USB ports. It also features a full QWERTY remote with microphone for voice commands and gyro for motion control.

Qube will offer both motion control and voice search that integrates Google Play, Chrome, Youtube in one compact device as well as access to Netflix and Amazon Instant Video.

The advanced remote control supports motion sensing for gaming and other applications, while it will also be possible to control the Qube with the Mobile Remote app available for Android smartphones.

Asus will also throw in an extra 50GB of WebStorage cloud space with every Qube. All we need now is the official price and release date. Anandtech noted that the Qube could end up somewhere in the US $100-120 price range.

Google has released the latest stable release of Chrome, version 21, that brings a couple of new features including support for high-resolution Retina screen on Apple's MacBook Pro and getUserMedia API for built-in webcam and microphone support.

The main and probably most interesting updates are the official support for high-resolution Retina screen on MacBook Pro which was seen in the previous beta build of Chrome, as well as the new getUserMedia API support. There is not much to talk about support for high-resolution screens as the picture seen below is pretty much self-explanatory.

The getUserMedia API allows web apps to access your webcam and microphone without plug-ins like Flash. Chrome still asks for permission before giving access, of course. According to Google, the getUserMedia API is the first stem in WebRTC, a new real-time communications standard which aims to allow high-quality video and audio communication on the web.

In addition to Retina and getUserMedia API support, Google has also extended integration for Google Cloud Print and extended support for gamepads.

Google pulled another bunny out of its hat on the second day of the Google I/O developers conference, as it has just announced that mobile Chrome is now available for iOS.

Available on both iPad and iPhone, iOS users will be getting a good piece of mobile Chrome browsing. Unfortunately, the iOS support comes with a price as Google's WebKit rendering engine as well as default browser choice is out of question as those are simply against Apple's strict app rules.

The good side of the story is that you will be able to use Chrome Sync that will give you your bookmarks, previously seen web pages and tabs as soon as you log in with your credentials.

Of course, it will be hard to get people away from Apple's Safari browser but at least now there is an interesting alternative. Google mobile Chrome is apparently already available at Apple's App Store.

Supporting Netscape almost from day one, we were very fond of Firefox and Mozilla projects and in general, but we have to admit that Google got many things right with Chrome. The browser is fast, stable, reliable and gets regular updates.

The last update got Chrome desktop to version 19 while the mobile version remained called Chrome beta and unfortunately it’s exclusive to Android 4.0 users. If you happen to be one of the few percent of Android users with ICS on your device, or a custom ROM, you will be able to open tabs from your desktop or laptop on your phone.

This doesn’t look to be a two-way street as our desktop can see a notebook and a tablet with Chrome installed on it, but not the mobile phone, at least not for now. The desktop version doesn’t see your mobile phone in the device list. It might be a bug that needs to be addressed for all we know.

This will give you a chance to be dragged into the world of 3G, 4G, LTE mobile browsing even more, depending on the coverage on your commute route and we can only hope that you are responsible and don’t surf and drive.

We have to add that Chrome 19 on all platforms opens Fudzilla just fine.

Microsoft will be releasing a new “Chrome” looking controller in conjunction with Capcom with bundled bonus content for Dragon’s Dogma. Right now, this is a Japanese-only release, which is understandable, as the Japanese market can use all available advantages it can get to help with sales.

The Chrome controller has already become known and is apparently available in three colors: red, blue, and sliver. Those Xbox 360 players in Japan will be able to pick it up starting May 24th which the bonus Dragon’s Dogma cod, which adds eight special quests to the game. Dragon’s Dogma from Capcom releases the same day.

It is unknown if Microsoft is planning to release the controller outside Japan or not. We suspect that if sales are good and the controller is popular and players outside of Japan keep requesting that Microsoft release it, there is a good chance that they may do it. Microsoft has released a number of special and limited edition controllers in the past, so we have to admit that we think the chances are good.

It looks like there will be a few options for the new Cedar Trail M, 32nm new generation Atoms, and the system will support at least two more Operating systems apart of the usual Windows 7.

Atom N2800 and N2600 based machines will also support Google Chrome, but we are not too sure that consumers are overly excited about that. It’s nice operating system, but Google needs to do much more in order to make this OS matter. There also will be some support for the dying MeeGo operating system as Intel doesn’t want to give up its newborn, despite the fact that its step mother Nokia ran away with more attractive Microsoft, all because of the Windows Phone platform.

Fast flash standby is a nice feature that will make netbooks boot in a second, but we are not sure if all of these operating systems can cope with this. Also, we are sure that its designed for Windows 7 as well as Intel Wireless display, wireless music or taplink’s PC sync option.

Let's not forget that Intel plans to give more effort to Intel AppUp and give it a bigger push, but we are not too sure that this 35.3 MB download can make things much better for Intel. It is certain that Android Market and iTunes are doing much better.

If Digitimes got things right, netbooks with new 32nm Atoms are expected to come in November, and we will see how it goes from there. It is certain that they will all have keyboards and that they usually cost less than any decent Android 3.0 or Apple iOS based keyboard less tablet.

According to internet statistics firm StatCounter, Google's Chrome Web browser has now past 20 percent of global market share, and for the first time Microsoft's Internet Explorer has slipped below 50 percent.

Google's browser, which was officially launched in late 2008, took 20.7 percent of the global market in June, which was up from 2.8 percent year over year from 2009. The uptick in usage of the Chrome Web browser has marked a sevenfold increase over the last two years as Google battles in desktop mobile and search markets with Microsoft and Apple.

According to its market share data report for the month of June 2010, Microsoft's Internet Explorer led with 53.7 percent, Firefox had 21.7 percent and Chrome 13.1 percent. Apple Inc's Safari 7.5 percent and Norway's Opera 1.7 percent.

StatCounter, which is based Ireland, states that it's statistics are based on data collected from a sample base of more than 15 billion page views per month from over than 3 million websites. Net Applications, a preferred browser statistics source, estimates that Google's share has not increased quite as much.

Google recently introduced its Chrome 9 browser and even if you are loyal Firefox or IE user, its worth looking into.

Chrome 9 is very fast and it feels like the fastest browser around. We especially liked the fact that the address bar and search bar are now unified and it is easier than ever to google things up.

Firefox 4 got to beta 11, which also works quite well, but general impression is that Chrome 9 is faster. We have to admit that you won't go wrong with any of those, and even the release candidate of Internet Explorer 9 shaped up to be a quite nice browser.

We hope to see the final version of Internet Explorer and Firefox shortly but even in their beta / release candidate phase they work quite nice. The next generation of browsers definitely offers a wind of change.